1968 Japan Series

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1968 Japan Series

Team (Wins)	Manager(s)	Season
Yomiuri Giants (4)	Tetsuharu Kawakami	77-53-4
Hankyu Braves (2)	Yukio Nishimoto	80-50-4

Dates

October 12–20

MVP

Shigeru Takada (Yomiuri)

FSA

Tokuji Nagaike (Hankyu)

Streaming

← 1967

Japan Series

1969 →

The 1968 Japan Series was the 19th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Hankyu Braves. This was a rematch of the previous year's Japan Series, which the Giants won. Yomiuri again defeated Hankyu in six games to capture their fourth consecutive title.

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Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Giants – 4, Braves – 5	October 12	Korakuen Stadium	24,482^[1]
2	Giants – 6, Braves – 1	October 14	Korakuen Stadium	24,923^[1]
3	Braves – 4, Giants – 9	October 16	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	19,462^[1]
4	Braves – 5, Giants – 6	October 17	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	16,390^[1]
5	Braves – 6, Giants – 4	October 18	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	15,225^[1]
6	Giants – 7, Braves – 5	October 20	Korakuen Stadium	29,229^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 1968年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

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Orix Buffaloes

Established in 1936
Formerly the Hankyu Club, the Hankyu Braves, the Orix Braves, and the Orix BlueWave
Based in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

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Ballparks

Key personnel

Owner: Yoshihiko Miyauchi
Management: Orix
Manager: Satoshi Nakajima

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Yomiuri Giants

Established in 1934
Formerly the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club and the Tokyo Giants
Based in Bunkyō, Tokyo

The Franchise

Ballparks

Korakuen Stadium
Tokyo Dome
Trainings: Sun Marine Stadium
Yomiuri Giants Stadium

Culture

Star of the Giants

Rivalries

Hanshin Tigers

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Toshikazu Yamaguchi
Management: Yomiuri Group
Manager: Shinnosuke Abe

Japanese Baseball League championships (9)

Japan Series championships (22)

Central League championships (39)

Climax Series berths (14)

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